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The Birth Place of Middle Earth
Decades after his death, JRR Tolkien is still one of the most popular authors in the world, creator of the most famous fantasy mythos...
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Jan 13, 20214 min read
Who Killed the Bears? A Forest of Dean Tragedy
While bears became extinct in England towards the end of the Anglo Saxon period, they continued to be imported and bred as exotic pets,...
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Jan 13, 20213 min read
Legend & Murder in Much Marcle
Much Marcle is a village in Herefordshire, once under the lordship of Harold Godwinson before his death at Hastings. The local church, St...
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Jan 13, 20214 min read
The Ghostly Castles of Ross on Wye
Ross on Wye is a picturesque riverside town in Herefordshire. As a gateway town to the Marches, the wide border area between England and...
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Jan 13, 20213 min read
The Weirdness of Worcester
Walking around the southern part of my home town of Worcester, it's amazing how much history and local folklore still lives on in the...
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Jan 13, 20214 min read
Hergest Ridge - Black Vaughan & Ellen the Terrible
Kington is a tiny town sitting right on the border between England and Wales. Situated as it is on the Offa's Dyke path it is known as a...
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Jan 13, 20214 min read
The Birmingham Poltergeist
The urban sprawl of Birmingham holds many mysteries, some of which I've written about before. It's fair to say that that most of them are...
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Jan 12, 20213 min read
The King Charles House
The King Charles House is another pub that deserves to be put under the Mysteries of Mercia spotlight. Nestled along Worcester's historic...
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Jan 12, 20215 min read
Haunted Mines in the Forest of Dean
The Forest of Dean is a place I've posted about time and time again, with so much folklore and mystery in the area I am always...
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Jan 12, 20213 min read
The Esoteric Masterpiece of Kilpeck Church
Deep in the heart of Herefordshire, within sight of the Welsh border, lies the village of Kilpeck. It has existed here since the Anglo...
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Jan 12, 20214 min read
A Lost Graveyard in the Wyre Forest
Bewdley was the location of my last post but while walking the trails around there I stumbled on something else I thought you'd find...
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Jan 12, 20215 min read
Ghosts of Woodchester Mansion
In my last piece I described the more ancient places and legends of the area south of Stroud in Gloucestershire, and how these ghosts of...
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Jan 12, 20213 min read
Elmley Castle and its Lost Cider House
Elmley Castle nestles below the shadow of Bredon Hill, on it's northern side and is one of my favourite villages in Worcestershire. It is...
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Jan 12, 20214 min read
When a Viking was Skinned in Worcester
No doubt many of you with Netflix will now be eagerly binging on the latest season of The Last Kingdom, so here is a tale of Danes...
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Jan 12, 20213 min read
The Curious Village of Ripple
Various circumstances conspired to put a temporary halt to my travels this last week or two, so here is a short piece about just one of...
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Jan 12, 20215 min read
Mysteries of the Staffordshire Roaches
I recently wrote about the mysterious chasm of Lud's Church, located at the end of The Roaches ridge in the Staffordshire Moorlands. But...
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Jan 12, 20215 min read
The Eternal Mystery of Lud's Church
The Roaches area in the south Peak District is a fascinating and beautiful part of Mercia, with so many things of interest, folklore and...
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Jan 12, 20212 min read
The Ombersley Plague Stone
Looking through pictures from my various travels I spotted something that's very topical for today. The village of Ombersley is a picture...
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Jan 12, 20214 min read
The Sad Ghost of Little Malvern
The Malvern Hills are without doubt the jewel in the crown of Worcestershire's beautiful natural areas. Walking over the range inspired...
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Jan 12, 20214 min read
Murders & Madness in Broughton Hackett
You may recall my post about the notorious murders related to Oddingley Church, well just a few miles away in the village of Broughton...
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